Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-18
up AND DOWN THE COAST
A Terrible ExpiesI.n at
Seal R0cks.
shEp wreck. Explssisa ana Besturs.

BAkp Wreck. kxplasion and Desture-
ten.
San FAARc1sco, Jan. I6.--Af midnight
last night the Merchants Exchange re-
oeived tsiephone message from Point
L0hos signal station thas the schooner
Parallel bad heen driven on the rocks
near the Golden Gate, and would proEs
. total iossL An hour later anothes mes
SAGE vas reeeived, that An immense
quHRtity OF giant powder aboard had
blown ap. DESTROYING the Cliff House
and ether bnildinoa on shore Ia the
neiRhb0rh00d. Exporters and police
ofhoers we're hurFisdly dispatched % the
scene Of disaster and the following par
siculaEs we're obtained: The Parallel
sailed on Friday lasf with q cargo OF
| general merchandise for Astoria, Ore
R0u. She proceeded noEka until CON-
pelIed cy stFonR bead winds 70 retnrn,
and reached the entrances 20 the Golden
Gsts yesterday evening TIE wind had
died oat. and bsiE.R eanRhs b q strnna
tide she vessel Was swept ashore q ths
south end Of Psins Lobos. inside toe |
fsmcus seal rocks opposite the Olid |
hcusa. 4hs life saving etation people /
near By were promptly not1fsd aud /
hasfened to the seems Of The wreck. The /
eaptain and all hands aboard had taken /
20 the b0ats, but as Is was impossible for 1
them 10 make q landing in the heavy
sarf RAINING, they stood away fer the
entrance 20 See hAfboF. Altar heinR
ab ndoned the vessel dKifked south into
q small cove, where ehe pounded against
the rocks, and at midnight vas rspiilV
breaking up. IL waa known she had 4
large quantity Of powder aboard, bat no
danger was apprshendsd. Men from the
life saving station, seeing nothing could
be done, and knowing she schooner
had been abandoned By her officers
and crew. withdrew 9 few minutes be-
fore o'clock from the scene. They
had hardly reached the station buildine,
when . fearful explosion occurred, scat
lering destruction on all sides. The
schooner In seating against the rocks,
had caused the powder to ignite, and ,
.he entire quantity aboard. at least 100.
100 sounds, exploded. To those living
10 the neiRhkoFh0od the report was tre-
ne1doue. ihe signal station vas con- 1
pletely demolished. he life saying .
'fation also was wrecked, and the west I
lide Of the CliA Hoaae, notRithsland- :
ne its elevation, was blown ont, and /
very window pane In the building I
broken. The large concert room on
he beach, and other buildings lower
Town, had all their windows broken,
md were otherwise more or iess dam.
'ged. The large carriage shed adioin-
ne the Cliff House vas tumbled into q {
mass ef ruins. Adoiph Sutro's conser- 9
'atofy, on the heights above, was shat
cred to atoms and all the windows In 9
ne house brsksa. Three members.o5
he life saving crew, who built fire on
he beach and decided to remain near !
be wreck, we're hurled inf0 the air BY 2
he ooncussi0E and severely injured in
icing again dashed 10 the earth. The !
members of the crew, who :
lad returned TO the station, rashed to Q
he rescue OF ths injured, thinking the
lose proximity of those on the beach TO :
be explosion must have. resulted in
heir injury. They carried them TO the 9
tation and medical attention was sum-
noned. and everything necessary to re-
ieve their injuries was done. Oae Of :
hem, Horace Smith, had his limbs 90
disjointed ss TO make his :
intense. For q time bis life :
vas desnaired Of. The two Others.
lharles Rogers aud John Wilson. we're !
lurt less seriously.
Captain Hayslop. in command Of the :
ife saving station, describes the explo
don as follows: AT l o'clock the sleep
re were thrown from their beds by
sreat explosion. A great wave dashed :
ip and vanlted over the Cliff House :
The whole shore and elf (
i.erelly tremblsd and shook, as n z
has shaken the earth for 9
Iears. People we're rudsly thrown from
heir b ds BY the force Of the explosion. :
Furniture aod bedateads we're tossed
md heaped about the room. The famous 2
1lih House pressntsa scene beeearing
description. The wsst side Of the build Z
az. overlooking the ocean, Is completely
uined. Wind0 - are smashed, doors
visited of hinges, and all ia such
battered condition that IL will be ne !
essaFy TO take down what is left Of 10, 2
ven II does not topple over into the 9
'cean.n
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